Genre: Drama/ Crime
Number of episodes: 8
Year: 2019
Starring: Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Kaitlyn Dever
Description: Based on the true story of Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever), a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives (Toni Collette, Merrit Weaver) who followed the path to the truth.
Review: “Unbelievable” is a dramatized version of a true story and inspired y the essay “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” that won a Pullitzer prize in 2015. In the essay the story of Marie Adler is told, a young woman being accused of lying about her rape. And how two detectives helped her and other victims in an unbelievable way.
“Unbelievable” starts with eighteen year old Marie Adler, who has been in a world of pain since she was three. Marie isn’t your average cheery and joyful teenager, that burst of energy and laughter. Adler is troubled and not just a little bit. When she is attacked and raped in her own home, the misery becomes even worse. But when nobody believes her, Marie feels like nothing in her life can ever be good.
From the first moment you meet Marie, you feel the deepest of empathy. Two cops who think they no better, they will anger you as a viewer. You get angry at the men and at the system. But two self-assured police women team up to find the serial rapist. Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall are total opposites, but they have one thing in common: they are extremely driven.
As a viewer, you are taken on an emotional rollercoaster ride. Anger and disbelief are first, but also sorrow, pain and relief pass by. The Netflix series tells the story without any prejudices. It is as it is. But the images of the rape make it painful that a woman, whatever woman, will never lie about something like this. Thank goodness for Marie there still are good people, like Rasmussen and Duvall, who form a great team and do everything to find the truth.
“Unbelievable” also shows what the victims go through and what mess they are left in after the fact. The series does this without sensation or judgement. The pain and sorrow that the victims go through speak for themselves. That makes it extra painful that some people still look at those crimes and its victims with so much disbelief. Women would not lie about such an act and the show also makes clear that they will never feel safe again.
The cast is great and the direction as well. The story is never told as a sensation. It’s a sad story about the search for justice and to rediscover hope and trust in mankind. This drama series is definitely one to put on your must-see list.
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